Stove-door attachment



Aug. 5 1924.

D. E. LEVERETT STOVE DOOR ATTACHMENT Filed Ana. '7, 1923 INVENTORWITNESS Patented Aug. 5, 1924.,

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Application filed August 7, 1923. Serial No. 656,184.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DOLLY ELsm LEVER- nrr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Door Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This'invention relates to stove door at tachments and has particularreference to the provision of means 'for preventing the falling of ashesand live .coals out of a stove door opening when the door is opened.

It is well known that ashes and live coals often fall on to the floor.through a stove door opening when the door is opened,.thus causingconsiderable annoyance and often being the cause of serious fires. It isaccordingly an object of the present invention to provide a simple ande'flicient means for shaking'the ashes and coals into the fire pot asthe stove door is opened so as to prevent falling of the ashes and coalson to the floor, and to thereby 'elminate the occurrence of fire fromthis source.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide a vertically swingingshield upon the interior of 'a door, and means operated by the latch ofthe door for swinging said shield so as to shakethe ashes and coals backinto the fire pot.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, and the same consists in the novel form, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings,.wherein like reference characters indicatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a view of the interior ofthe stove door, the door beingindicated by dotted lines, a 4

Figure 2 is a side elevational view, partly broken away, of V the deviceshown Iin figure 1,' V

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the latch for holding theguard plate in its inoperative position when the stove door is closed.

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the clip for holding thetoggle lever in engagement with the latch; and Figure 5 as a perspectiveviewof the clip for holding the toggle member connected with the doorlatch.

Referring more in detail to the drawings,

through the usual damper 8, and the lower edge of this plate is formedwith an inclined ledge or flange 9 upon which the ashes may settle. Asshown in Figures 1 and 2, the vertical edges of the plate 5 are alsoprovided with inturned flanges as at 10, and the ends of a spring 11extend through the lower portions of the flanges 10 and are providedwith rounded heads 12 upon their free ends adapted to impinge againstthe inner surfaces of the sides of the door 6 for supporting the guardplate 5 for pivotal movement in a vertical direction. The spring member11 is preferably constructed. of suitable resilient wire normallyexpanded to a greater length than the width of the door so that theattachment is snapped into place, and the central raised portion of thisspring carries a suitableresilient catch 12 adapted to engage over theedge of the door at the damper opening when the guard plate 5 is swungto a ver- ,tical inoperative position, thereby preventing displacementof the guard plate out of its proper position.

Attached to one side of the guard plate 5 is a link 13 forming part of atoggle lever, the other link 14 of which is pivoted to the upper end ofthe link 13 as at 15. The lower end of the link 14 is adapted to impingeagainst a sliding collar 16 arranged upon link 13 when the toggle leveris straightened as shown in Figure 5, and a spring 17 is disposed aboutthe link 13 between ashoulder 18 and the sliding collar 16 so that thelatter is pressed against the lower end of the link 14 for resilientlyholding the toggle lever against being broken. The upper end of the link14 is bifurcated so as to embrace the inner end portion of the usuallatch 19 of the stove door, and is held in this position by means of aclip 20 which is held on the outer end'of. the latch 19 by means of ascrew 21 which passes through a threaded p g 2 i t bifurcated end of thelink l4 and into a threaded opening 23 in said clip 20.

As shown in Figure 1, the guard late 5 is vertical when the links of thetogg e lever are broken and the latch 19 is in latching position, Whenso disposed, the catch 12' is engaged with the door and the door isclosed. With the parts so disposed, it will be seen that the ashes andcoals may fall upon the ledge 9 so that when the door is opened theseashes will be effectively shaken back into the fire pot by tilting ofthe guard plate 5 inwardly' This tilting movement is effected byreleasing the catch 12 andthen turning the knob 24 of the door latch 19,

whereupon the toggle lever is straightened as shown in Figure 5, forswinging the guard plate 5 inwardly as indicated by dotted lines inFigure 2 the clip 12 holding the lever la in engagement with the latchat all times, In this Way the ashes are .efiectively shaken back intothe fire pot, and should any coals attempt to fall out through the dooropening, they will also be forced or shakenbackwardly into the fire potby the plate pressing against the coals. The guard plates will beheld inits inwardly swung position by means of the spring 17 and collar 16which holds the toggle lever in v straightened condition as shown inFigure 5,

and the door of the stove may then be readily opened without danger ofashes falling upon the floor or fire being caused by the falling of hotcoals thereon. The guard plate swings with the door following the abovemovement and retains this inclined position relative to the door, untilthe same is closed and the latch operated. A reversal of this operationwill cause the toggle lever to be broken for swinging the guard plate 5back to vertical position and for operating the latch 19 for holding thedoor 6 closed. Following the closure of the door and operation of thelatch to lock the same, the catch 12' will be reenga-ged with the doorby forcing the bevelled end 12 over the edge of the cut away portion 7.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided afire preventative which is operated automatically upon opening a stovedoor in the usual manner and by means of which the ashes and live coalsare prevented from escaping into the room, thereby protecting thewoodwork, furniture andv rugs from considerable damage,

Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as clair'nedl hat Iclaim as new is p I Stove o t chment ofthe class d scribed comprisi g a gu d plate adap d to be positioned onthe lower part of a stove o r hin he r, means carried y aid g r pla eandngageable with th inner surfaces ofthe sides of the stove door formounting said guard plate for a vertical swinging movement and meansoperatively connected to the guard plate and adapted for connection withthe usual door latch for causing swinging movement of the guard plateinwardly upon releasing of said latch.

2. A stove door attachment of the class described comprising a guardplate adapted to be positioned on the lower part of a stove door behindthe latter, means: carried by said guard plate and engageable with theinner surfaces of the sides of the stove door for mounting said guardplate for a vertical swinging movement and means operatively connectedto the guard plate and adapted for connection of the usual door latchfor.

causing swinging movement of the guard plate inwardly upon releasing ofsaid l-atch, the means for mounting the gnar-dplate for swingi g mo em nc mprising a spring memberattached to and having its ends projectingbeyond the "side of the guard plate.

3. A stove door attachment of the class described comprising a guardplate adapted to be positioned on the lower part of a stove door behindthe latter, means carried by said 7 guard plate and .engageablewith-theinner surfaces of the sides of the stove door for mounting said guardplate fora vertical swinging movement, and means operatively connectedto the guard plate and adapted for connection with the usual door latchfor causing swinging movement of the guard plate inwardly upon releasingof said latch,

the means for mounting the guard plate for swinging movement comprisinga spring member attached to andYhaving its ends projecting beyond thesides of the guard plate, and a catch carried by the central portion ofsaid spring member for engaging over the door at the damper openingofthe adapted for connection with the usual door latch for causingswinging movement of the guard plate inwardly upon releasing of saidlatch, the means for swinging the guard plate comprising a toggle leverhaving means atone end thereof for facilitating its detachableconnection to the door latch.

stove door attachment of the class described comprising a guard plateadapted t e posi ioned on the lo er part of the stove door behind thelatter, means carried by said guard plate and engageable with the innersurfaces of the sidesgof the stove door' for mounting said guard platefor at one end thereof for facilitating its detachvertical swingingmovement and means able connection to the door latch, and means 10operatively connected to the guard plate and associated with said togglelever for autoadapted for connection with the usual door maticallyretaining the same in straightened 5 latch for causing swinging movementof the position when the guard plate is swung inguard plate inwardlyupon releasing the wardly. latch, the means for swinging the guard Intestimony whereofI afiix my signature. plate comprising a toggle leverhaving means MRS. DOLLY ELSIE LEVERETT.

